Golden Globe nominees James Corden & Lily Collins mocked for ‘mediocre’ performances in The Prom & Emily in Paris
GOLDEN Globes fans are slamming the award show for giving nominations to The Prom’s James Corden and Emily in Paris’ Lily Collins.
The actors are being mocked for receiving nods, despite their “mediocre” and “lazy” performances.
James, 42, is up for the award of Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role of Barry Glickman in The Prom.
The film was adapted from the 2018 Broadway musical of the same name, and James was the only one to get a nomination for it, despite the cast also featuring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Kerry Washington.
When the film was released on Netflix in early December, the late night host’s performance was immediately panned, with both viewers and critics calling his portrayal “gross” and saying he should’ve been “banned” from the movie.
Even still, he got a nomination for it, and fans are angry and confused.
One Twitter user asked: “Did James Corden really just get nominated for The Prom or am I in the middle of a horrible nightmare?”
Another wrote: “Even if you ignore how offensively miscast james corden was in the prom, it was just a horrible performance.
“Like how on earth was he nominated? It was just bad. He doesn’t even crack the top 10 performances in the prom but he gets a #GoldenGlobes nom?”
A third wondered: “Why James Corden, Jared [Leto], Lily Collins? Also Michaela Cole was completely shut out.”
Lily, 31, is nominated for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series for her Netflix series, Emily in Paris.
The show stayed in the Top 10 on the streaming platform for weeks after its early October release, and it was renewed for a Season 2.
Many of those who watched the series tweeted about it being fun to watch but nothing too exceptional, which is why they were surprised to see both Emily in Paris and its star become Golden Globe 2021 nominees.
One user summed up why many were upset, writing: “I enjoyed watching ‘Emily in Paris,’ but does it deserve a golden globe nomination?? absolutely not, i’ve enjoyed plenty of things that are absolutely horrible”
A second asked: “Why the f*** is Lily Collins nominated for Best Actress at #GoldenGlobes ?!? Hahaha.”
A third angrily stated: “emily in paris is actively a horrible show and it being nominated for a golden globe along with a nod for lily collins is going to play a huge role in my villain origin story”
Fans are happy to see that the late Chadwick Boseman has received a posthumous nomination for his final onscreen performance in Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Boseman, who died in August from cancer, is up for the award of Best Actor, Drama, alongside Riz Ahmed, Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman and Tahar Rahim.
It's the first time that he's been nominated for a Golden Globe award.
Netflix viewers were left sobbing watching Chadwick's emotional final performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom when it came out in December.
Stars like Kaley Cuoco and Nicole Kidman are also nominated at this year's show.
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Kaley is up for her new show The Flight Attendant, after years on The Big Bang Theory and never having been nominated before.
The 78th Golden Globe Awards will air on February 28 at 8 p.m. on NBC.